Self-adjusting garment



Dec. 14,1948. H. s. HEILBRONNER SELF-ADJUSTING GARMENT Filed Feb. 24,1947 MINI lliflnmu...

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Patented Dec. 14, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SELF-ADJUSTINGGARMENT Harry S. Heilbronner, Perry, N. Y.

Application February 24, 1947, Serial No. 730,587

1 Claim.

This invention relates generally to garments, but more particularly tocertain new and useful improvements in a self-adjusting tubular or pullover type of outer or undergarment.

It has for its object to provide a garment of this character whose bodyportion is so constructed as to render the garment self -adjustableabout the girth of the wearer as well as in the vicinity of the arm pitsand thereby provide a smooth and comfortable fitting garment affording,as well, proper freedom of movement of the arms.

Another object of the invention is to provide a self-adjusting garmenthaving certain portions thereof of elastic-knitted or like material solocated and so shaped as to provide for increasing flexing of thegarment in conformity to the girth of the wearer from points adjacentthe arm pits to substantially the waist portion thereof.

A further object is to so dispose the elastic or self-adjusting portionsof the garment as to protrude somewhat into the sleeve portions thereofto provide for greater comfort and freedom of movement to the wearer.

Other features of the invention reside in the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the garment embodying myinvention. Figure 2 is a rear view thereof. Figure 3 is a side view ofthe garment. Figure 4 is a detached plan view of one of the elasticinsert sections of the garment.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views..

By way of example, I have shown my invention in connection with a sweatshirt or pullover-like garment made of a woven or closely knittedmaterial and including generally a body portion l and sleeves I Iattached to the latter in the usual manner by seams [2.

The body portion of the garment includes a main section I3 which is madeof a suitable flexible but none too stretchable material and which isshaped to extend over the shoulders and main front or chest and backportions of the wearer and whose lower areas converge downwardlysubstantially from the arm pit portions of the garment to the lower edgeor waist portion thereof to provide companion pendant front and rearportions M of substantially V-shape in plan. Joined by stitching to theopposing contiguous edges of these pendant portions in complementaryrelation thereto and forming therewith the tubular body of the garmentare supplementary side sections or inserts l5 made of elastic-knittedadjustable to aid smooth-fitting about the girth or waist. These sidesections substantially embrace the girth of the wearer and extend fromsubstantially the medial front and back portions of the wearer adjacenthis waist to the arm pits. Each side section is preferably substantiallytriangular in plan, as shown in Figure 4, with the upper or vertex enddisposed in the vicinity of the underside of the companion sleeve H andthe base end terminating substantially at the wearers waist andintersecting the vertex of the companion pendant V-shaped portions M ofthe main sections iii of the garment, in the manner shown in Figures 1,2, and 3. These triangular side inserts may be made of a single ordouble thickness, the latter by folding the material upon itself in anobvious manner, and with the fold thereof at the bottom edge of thegarment.

If desired, and as shown in the drawings, the inserts [5 at their upperor vertex ends may extend or protrude into the lower or undersideportions of the sleeves ll adjacent the arm pits in the manner indicatedat I6. For this purpose a slight V is cut into the sleeve at itsjunction with the main section I3 of the garment-body and the vertexends of these inserts are fitted therein and stitched in place. By thisconstruction, the inner portions of the sleeves adjacent the arm pitsare also rendered self-adjustable about the arm and afford added freedomor stretching of the garment in the vicinity of the arm pits.

I claim as my invention:

A self -adjusting garment, comprising a tubular body composed of a mainsection shaped to extend over the shoulders of the wearer and havingsleeves and including substantially V-shaped pendant portionsterminating at their lower vertex ends medially of the front and back ofthe wearer adjacent the waist, and substantially triangular-shaped sidesections of elastic-like material disposed between said pendant portionsin complementary relation thereto, the vertex ends of said side sectionsprotruding into the underside of and forming part of the arm-width ofthe companion sleeves adjacent the arm pits and the bases thereofintersecting the lower vertex ends of said pendant portions.

HARRY S. HEILBRONNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 243,498 Brown June 28, 18811,260,353 Evleth Mar. 26, 1918 2,276,609 Cadous Mar. 17, 1942

